In A Time Not Meant To Be(Harry Potter Fanatic)

Dealing with Denial

Harry woke up in the early hours of the day, 2 am to be specific. When he realized that he was still in the Slytherin common room, all of the delayed emotions hit him like a wrecking ball. He felt more confused than he had ever felt in his entire life, and also more hopeless. When fear, hopelessness and confusion is extreme enough it can become hard to spot as one tries to pretend all is normal. So Harry put more protection charms on his stuff and waited, distracting himself by reading, till a few other Slytherins entered the common room. When they did Harry tried to engage in conversation with them, this was not successful the first three times but on his forth try he was finally able to inquire about the timings for breakfast. '7:30 to 8:50' as the answer to his inquiry and since by then it was already 5 Harry decided to head out.

When he left the room, a teacher noticing him told him that the Headmaster had finished marking the written tests he had taken earlier and decided to send him to the third-year.  After the teacher finished speaking they handed him his timetable. Lessons started today shortly after breakfast. Harry hurried so that he would be able to reach the main hall before lunch started.

It took him a while to reach there, especially as the teacher had talked with him for a long while. By the time he reached, it was 7:35 . So he silently took a seat near a fairly empty area on the table. Breakfast consisted of many options like toast, sausages, jam, butter, marmalade, jelly, sponge cake, and many other things. He just ate four slices of toast with jam.

While eating he noted the fact that he would not be going back to the Dursleys or anyone in general in the summer holidays. So much to worry about, and what seemed like so little time to figure it out, to regain his footing and have a much more refined plan for the future. For now he just had behave like any other Hogwarts student. Attend lessons, and hope for the best.